Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 269-277 , April 2008

Parametric design of pressure-relieving foot orthosis using statistics-based finite element method

Received 15 October 2006 ,Revised 28 April 2007 ,Accepted 3 May 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.05.002

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 269-277 , April 2008

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